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Drug trafficking fuels other deforestation drivers in the Amazon: report

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2023

Current policy approaches in the Amazon: certainly necessary, but are they sufficient?

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jul 2023

The challenge of the future (and lessons from the recent past) in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Jul 2023

Monetizing nature: The under-explored power of the Amazon’s natural capital

Timothy J. Killeen 7 Jul 2023

An Indigenous revival in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Jul 2023

The largest land set-aside in history

Timothy J. Killeen 29 Jun 2023

Environmental governance in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Jun 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023

Environmental policy and action on the ground in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Jun 2023
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
A river flows through the Amazon Rainforest.

Climate change and moisture recycling in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Jun 2023

Forest ecology and carbon dynamics in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jun 2023

The natural history of the Amazon Rainforest

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Jun 2023

Understanding the conventional economy of the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jun 2023
Timber in Pará state and other parts of the Brazilian Amazon can bypass regulatory permits, allowing illegal wood to be sold domestically and internationally. Federal environmental agencies play an essential role in preventing this from happening, experts say.

The political economy of the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Jun 2023

The geography of environmental degradation in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 7 Jun 2023

Drivers of environmental degradation in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Jun 2023

The state of the Amazon: Chapter 1 of “A Perfect Storm”

Timothy J. Killeen 31 May 2023

Book: A perfect storm in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 May 2023

Not all parts of the Amazon will survive future droughts, study says

Maxwell Radwin 5 May 2023
After burning off the mercury, a relatively pure piece of gold remains. Image by Thomas Graham for Mongabay.

In a Bolivian protected area torn up for gold, focus is on limiting damage

Thomas Graham 2 May 2023
Kanamari Indigenous people carry out their work

More evidence backs Indigenous territories as best safeguard against Amazon deforestation

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2023

Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem

Maxwell Radwin 9 Mar 2023

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Maxwell Radwin 21 Feb 2023

Indigenous people protect some of the Amazon’s last carbon sinks: Report

Maxwell Radwin 19 Jan 2023
animals

Population cycles explain white-lipped peccary’s ups and downs, study shows

Mark Hillsdon 6 Dec 2022

U.N. report calls for the ban of mercury trade and its use in gold mining

Peter Speetjens 24 Nov 2022
Fire in the Amazon.

2022 Amazon fires tightly tied to recent deforestation, new data show

Sandra Cuffe 22 Nov 2022
river forest

Deforestation is pushing Amazon to ‘point of no return’: WWF report

Maxwell Radwin 9 Nov 2022

Mercury rising: Why Bolivia remains South America’s hub for the toxic trade

Maxwell Radwin 8 Nov 2022

In the western Amazon, oil blocks eat away at Indigenous lands, protected areas

Yvette Sierra Praeli 24 Oct 2022
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Sep 2022

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